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Chapter 1308 Moving the Capital
Withdrew from the chat group, Wen Tiren looked at the classified memorials on his case table, looked up at his colleagues, and suddenly said with emotion: "Look, most of the memorials now come from the south. It's about the south. There are so many!"

Hearing this, the new assistant minister Zhu Xieyuan stopped working, put down his brush, and said with a smile: "Northern Mongolia and Jianlu have all been suppressed by my Ming Dynasty, so naturally there are many things missing! In the south, There are many vassal states in Nanyang, just for trade, there are so many things, this is simply incomparable!"

Xue Guoguan listened, and joined in the fun, saying: "In the north, the land is vast and sparsely populated. As long as there is food, everyone is safe. The south is different. More people means more things, and disasters like hurricanes, tsunamis, and rainstorms There are many."

Another assistant minister, Zhang Zhifa, didn't doubt anything, and said about this matter: "Nowadays, my Ming Dynasty has a lot of sea trade, so naturally there are more things in the south."

After hearing this, Wen Tiren nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Even the treasury's revenue is more than half related to that side, related to maritime trade. There are many benefits and things are really indispensable. If you can work nearby, Our Daming's work efficiency can increase a lot!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the cabinet was suddenly quiet!
They were not fools, and they immediately understood the meaning of Wen Tiren's words.No wonder the first assistant suddenly came with such a sigh, the feeling is because of this!However, the Ming Dynasty has been in the capital for hundreds of years. If the capital is moved, wouldn't it be a big deal?
In [-], Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, made his capital Jiqing and changed its name to Yingtianfu, that is, Nanjing.

In 19, that is, the [-]th year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved his capital to Shuntianfu, which became the capital today.

After the death of Ming Chengzu, Ming Renzong came to the throne.Ming Renzong was the fat Zhu Gaochi, who had been supervising the country in Nanjing as the prince for a long time. After he ascended the throne, facing the dilapidated Imperial Palace of Peking, he immediately planned to return the capital to Nanjing and ordered the repair of the Nanjing Palace.In addition, the original seals of the Six Ministries of Peking were withdrawn, and the new seals were reprinted with "walking", which is tantamount to abolishing Peking's status as the capital.

However, Ming Renzong enjoyed a short period of time in the country, and died in less than a year. At this time, the actual action to return the capital has not yet begun.Although Renzong's edict strongly stated his desire to return the capital, his son did not do so, because his son, Ming Xuanzong, mostly lived in Beijing and had a very good relationship with his grandfather Zhu Di, so he did not want to go back to Nanjing.

After the Ming Yingzong period, this matter will be confirmed, and the capital will no longer be moved.

But no one expected that, hundreds of years later, Shoufu would provoke this matter again.For a while, the cabinet was very quiet.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhifa, an assistant minister from Shandong, immediately remonstrated: "There has been no change for hundreds of years. Can Aneng bring this up again? Besides, moving the capital is of great importance, costing the people and money, and our Ming Dynasty has just improved, so we must not Interrupt!"

However, the other ministers in the cabinet had their own thoughts. They didn't think that the Chief Minister would mention this matter for no reason.Reminiscent of the personnel changes in the past year, and the fact that the chief assistant has always followed the emperor's lead, many of them suddenly realized that it must be the emperor's idea of ​​moving the capital!
Just as they were thinking this way, Wen Tiren spread his arms and said to Zhang Zhifa with a smile: "I never said anything about moving the capital. What Xiansong said, think about it carefully. Great idea!"

"..." Zhang Zhifa was speechless when he heard it. Could it be that he has to bear the blame himself?But what you said just now, isn't that what you mean by moving the capital?

Wen Tiren ignored him, still looked at other colleagues with a smile, and continued: "To be honest, the land of the Ming Dynasty is no longer the beginning of the founding of the country, and the appearance of steam ships makes water and sea transportation the main way of travel in the future. Nanjing has the convenience of the Yangtze River, whether it is to contact me in the southeast, north, south, or northwest of the Ming Dynasty, or to contact many vassal states, it will be very convenient! From the perspective of various causes and effects, Nanjing is now the capital of our Ming Dynasty, and Xiansong’s proposal is very good. Agreed. What do you colleagues think?"

In fact, it was the Ming Dynasty that regarded Beiping as its capital. Other Central Plains dynasties generally chose Guanzhong or a city in the Central Plains as their capital.At the beginning, Beiping relied on Zhu Di's forced relocation of wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan, Shanxi and other places to make the capital gradually prosperous.

If it is said that Beiping has "majestic terrain, solid mountains and rivers, four directions and ten thousand countries, and the road is well-balanced", if the capital is moved here, it can not only resist the threat of Mongolia, but also occupy favorable terrain and control all parts of the south, then this situation in today's Ming Dynasty In fact, it is no longer applicable.

When Zhu Xieyuan and others among the assistant ministers heard it, they immediately agreed. People from the south naturally like to return to Nanjing.

But among the ministers, Xue Guoguan is also from the north, and he is also from Shaanxi. Seeing that Zhang Zhifa was warmed up by Wen Tiren, he hesitated a little, but he couldn't make a sound, so he still objected: "Now the north's attack on Tsarist Russia The war is about to start, there are many things to do, and the capital is moved to Nanjing, and the officials think it is inappropriate!"

As soon as Zhu Xieyuan heard this, he immediately retorted: "There is nothing to worry about in Tsarist Russia. A 17-year-old boy can bring [-] horses and return with a big victory. Not to mention, our Ming Dynasty has already done it in Tian Province. That's enough preparation."

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "Furthermore, there is war in the north, but isn't there no war in the south? No matter what, the Mughal dynasty is still very powerful today, and it has always been ready to go. Also, Most of the western barbarians also came from the sea. If the old man's prediction is correct, future wars in Ming Dynasty will rely more on naval battles. And for many things, if I move the capital of Ming Dynasty to Nanjing, it will be more beneficial. Besides..."

From a military point of view, Zhu Xieyuan has been leading troops outside for a long time, which is better than Xue Guoguan.He just talked there, so that Xue Guoguan had no room to intervene.

Zhu Xieyuan finally finished his long speech. Before Xue Guoguan had time to refute, Wen Tiren took the first step and said: "Okay, okay, since Xiansong proposed to move the capital and everyone is discussing it so enthusiastically, you might as well write a letter to the emperor and make the matter public. In the end Whether to move the capital or not is ultimately up to the emperor to decide."

Zhang Zhifa has never had a chance to speak, but when he heard Wen Tiren throw the blame on him again, Zhu Xieyuan laughed out loud and snatched his words away: "Okay, Shoufu's proposal is good, No matter what, we are courtiers after all, where the capital is decided, the emperor still has the final say!"

As soon as he said this, Zhang Zhifa held back. Everyone has already pointed out that the courtiers have no right to make decisions, so is it necessary to object again and go beyond the duties of the courtiers?

Wen Tiren naturally understood Zhang Zhifa's aggrieved heart, so he said with a smile: "Heng Yue is right! How about this, let's write down all the reasons why we should not move the capital, and submit them all to the emperor, who will decide!"

In fact, the best thing is to pretend it never happened.But if it is brought up, there are more officials in the south in the court, needless to say, even if the emperor disagrees with the move of the capital, there will definitely be a lot of trouble.If the relocation of the capital is successful by then, Wen Tiren might not be able to get away with the initiative that Wen Tiren insisted on giving to Zhang Zhifa.

No matter what, now I can only hope that the emperor is not willing to toss.

However, what Zhang Zhifa didn't know was that as soon as Emperor Chongzhen saw the memorial sent over, he knew that Wen Tiren had done a good job!

In fact, it was Emperor Chongzhen's idea to move the capital.With the current situation of Ming Dynasty, in his view, moving the capital to Nanjing is more beneficial for controlling Ming Dynasty and expanding Ming Dynasty globally.The traffic in the capital does not have the convenience of water conservancy, which is too inconvenient.

Since the national policy after the Ming Dynasty is globalization, the sea route is the most important one.The Yangtze River leads to the sea, no matter where you go, it will be much more convenient if you have a steam ship that doesn't have to worry about the wind direction!
Another point is that the south of the Yangtze River has always been the fashion of Daming, and it is also the economic focus of Daming. If I sit there, it will be easier to promote scientific and technological knowledge.

That is to say, whether it is military, political or cultural, Nanjing will be more suitable than the capital!
Therefore, as soon as the memorial came up, Emperor Chongzhen asked his courtiers to discuss it publicly. This made the southern officials very happy, and they all said that this is the emperor's New Year's gift!

Of course, officials in the north strongly opposed it, but their number was pitifully small among senior officials such as the Eight Departments and Nine Ministers, Cabinet Assistant Ministers, etc.Even Sun Chengzong, who went home to retire for the elderly, wrote a letter to express his opposition, but after all, he couldn't stop the approval of most officials.The most important thing is that the emperor's will is also to go south.

Therefore, in the last few days before the Chinese New Year, Emperor Chongzhen made a decision to return to Nanjing in the coming year.

This news is also very bad news for the people of the capital.However, they can't influence the decision-making of the imperial court, they can only scold those who proposed to move the capital. As a result, Zhang Zhifa will be miserable!

After the decree of returning the capital to Nanjing came down, Zhang Zhifa continued to write letters to resign.However, Emperor Chongzhen disagreed, and instead sent him to Nanjing to prepare for the return of the capital.

Compared with the Beijing Normal University, Yingtian Mansion is celebrating. Firecrackers are several times more popular than in the past. Many people even rushed to Yingtian Mansion to buy a house.The house price is going up steadily.Before the specific plan for returning the capital came out, the housing price of Yingtian Mansion had already doubled.

After the new year, it is the 11th year of Chongzhen. Since the beginning of the new year, the biggest topic of discussion has been the matter of Nanjing.

Of course, although there is an accompanying capital for the relocation of the capital, there are so many things to do correspondingly, involving various aspects, and it will not be possible to move in a while.Meanwhile, elsewhere, what to do or what to do.

For example, there are a large number of warships heading to the American station on the side of the country of Wa.And Goa has been defeated, in addition to the people, there must be a considerable garrison to prevent the Mughal dynasty from taking advantage of the chaos.Even the feudal kings of Goa are also bidding.

One thing that made Emperor Chongzhen more depressed was that Nashivela ran away again. According to the captured Portuguese, he seemed to have gone back to Portugal.In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen still felt a little regretful.

But looking back and thinking about it carefully, Chongzhen didn't care anymore.This is also beneficial. If you go back to Portugal, you are also famous for your teacher!
Thinking of this, another fugitive who was also very slippery could not be escaped again this time.If he runs away again, he might harm many overseas Ming people again!
Thinking of this, he sent an order to Wu Sangui who had already arrived in America through the chat group.When the war against Mexico starts, no matter what, Liu Xiang cannot be allowed to run away.

At the same time, the British envoys who had lobbied in Europe have also returned to England one after another and reported the situation to Charles I.

Things did not go as planned for Charles I.The trade with the big eastern countries, whether it is friendly cooperation with them or forcing them to bow their heads, the biggest advantage is that the goods from the east can be monopolized in Europe, so that there will be huge profits.

Therefore, all countries have their own plans, and they did not agree as soon as they went to lobby, as Charles I thought.

For example, the Portuguese, their plan is to occupy the lion country and block the road to the east, so they are not enthusiastic about forming an alliance to deal with the big eastern countries.In particular, the plan to capture the entire Lion Country went smoothly, and the governor of Colombo, Shivela, also transported back a boatload of wealth, which made the Portuguese feel that this move was the most appropriate.

As for the Spaniards, they already knew that Luzon was snatched by the great eastern powers, but now they are more concerned about the Americas. Your other countries are still snatching his treasure ships. It would be strange if they could cooperate!

France currently has no colonies in the East, and its willingness to form an alliance and confront the Eastern powers is not strong.More of them, they want to open up colonies in North Africa.

The Netherlands, on the other hand, responded to Charles I's request for an alliance. It was because the Dutch East India Company suffered too much losses. Not only was the Batavia base robbed, but even the huge fleet sent to the Far East was wiped out. The Dutch realized that, The rise of the eastern powers at sea posed a serious threat to the Dutch maritime supremacy.

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All in all, as far as the current European continent is concerned, Charles I only got a response from the Dutch, and most of the other countries were just dodging, or perfunctory, or simply wanted to be a fisherman, thinking about the good thing of fighting between snipe and clam.

Charles I was very angry about this and said: "They are all a group of short-sighted and incompetent people. The Ming country is so big and rich in products. Once you start to pay attention to the outside world, it will be a lion waking up. Who can fight against it? The Ming Dynasty only started to pay attention to the sea, and it is profitable to beat them back at once, don’t they understand?”

When he heard about Ming's huge fleet, he knew that European countries must unite to fight against that big eastern country!
When Charles I was angry, someone from outside reported that Captain Weddell had returned and that he had brought good news.This surprised him a bit, so he quickly ordered to summon him.

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　　ps: Everyone should be able to see that this book is almost over.However, the new book is still just an idea, and some joints have not been considered clearly, let alone the beginning.I promised to spread it before, and it will be finished at the beginning of the month, so I have to hurry up for the new book. This old book will not be updated. If there are any suitable ones, they will be put in the new book for update.

　　In addition, the name of the protagonist of the new book is still in the late Ming Dynasty, and friends who are fully booked can provide one. Other names, as long as they are suitable, can be used as supporting roles.

　　
　
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